VIVO IPL 2018 RCB vs CSK:M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru witnessed a battle that had all Cricket lovers holding their breath until the last over. After all, Royal Challengers Bangalore were hosting Chennai Super Kings. In their first match since 2015, Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 Wickets, placing them on top of the points table with 10 points.

Match Summary

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and invited RCB to bat. After losing Virat Kohli early, RCB was stabilized by AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock as they scored 68 and 53 respectively. Dwayne and Tahir dismissed the two builders and than onwards wickets kept falling. Although the loss of 8 wickets did not hinder RCB from scoring 205.

The stiff target became more and more difficult as CSK kept loosing wickets, one positive was that the run rate was maintained. In the last over Dwayne scored a 6 and a 4 on the first two balls of last over bringing the target to just 6. Dhoni finished the job with 2 balls to Spare.

VIVO IPL 2018 Cricket RCB vs CSK

Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 Wickets

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

RCB: 205/8, CSK: 207/5

Inning 2:

Over 20: 207/5, CSK won by 5 wickets. Dwayne Bravo sends Corey Anderson’s first two balls for a 4 and a 6. Leaving 6 runs to cover from 4 balls. M.S Dhoni finishes the job by a 6 with 2 balls remaining. Dhoni earned his team their 5th win and 10 points off 6 matches so far. M.S Dhoni 70(34), Dwayne Bravo 14(7)

Inning 1:

After Over 15: RCB 138 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. OMG!! de Villiers 68(30) goes back to the pavilion.With two wickets from this over, looks like CSK is returning in the batch. Mandeep Singh 0(0)

After Over 10: RCB – 87 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Quinton de Kock 41(30) and AB de Villiers 28(15) are leashing CSK’s bowlers

After Over 5: RCB – 35 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Quinton de Kock 17(11), AB de Villiers 0(4)

The Match will commence at 8:00 PM IST. Star Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the tournament will telecast the match live. You can catch the live action at Hotstar.

Match Preview

CSK has pulled off nail-biting wins in their 2018 campaign and RCB have had a completely different performance till now. The trouble with RCB is that in their 5 fixtures, synchronization between their batting and bowling output wasn’t up to the mark. Whereas CSK winning mantra is their multiple game-turners with the bat as each CSK fixture has seen a different batsman put their hand up in times of crisis, something RCB seem to lack.